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Economics
Hyperinflation
Extremely rapid and out-of-control price increases, often over 50% per month, that destroys the value of money.
Hyperinflation usually happens when governments print huge amounts of money to pay debts. Savings are wiped out, businesses struggle, and social chaos can follow. Central banks fear it more than almost anything else.
It's when prices run away so fast that your money becomes almost worthless by the time you reach the shop.
Real world: In Zimbabwe in the 2000s or Venezuela more recently, prices doubled every few days. People carried wheelbarrows of cash just to buy bread, and the currency eventually collapsed.
💡 Hyperinflation is the nightmare where money stops working as money.